From the December 13, 2013 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
Dawn Siewert is standing in the reception room of the Mountain Communities Family Resource Center in Frazier Park a few days before Thanksgiving. She is clasping a thick, white, three-ring notebook with …
From the December 13, 2013 Edition
Longtime mountain resident Bob Stowell, Sr. died Monday, Dec. 9 of natural causes.
Stowell passed peacefully at home in Lake of the Woods while under hospice care, according to his son Craig Stowell.
An obituary …
From the December 13, 2013 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
About six months after opening the bustling little Alive Boutique on Mt. Pinos Way in Frazier Park, Monica Davila Briones told her daughter Erika Alvarez that she was suddenly feeling very ill.
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From the December 13, 2013 Edition
Lebec County Water District
The LCWD board voted on Tuesday, Dec. 10 to appoint Michael Hightower to fill one of the two vacant seats on the board. Hightower was sworn in at the beginning of …
From the December 13, 2013 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
Tejon Ranch Company (TRC)announced this week that it is still on schedule to open an outlet mall at the northern base of the Grapevine by August 2014.
“We are very excited to …
From the December 13, 2013 Edition
Cold but happy
Santa brought North Pole weather with him for the Fantasy of Lights Parade December 7. In the Wings Dance Studio reindeer all had red noses. The temperature was about 28°F for the …
From the December 13, 2013 Edition
By Nide Zimemo, Frazier Park
I was born and raised in a small town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, formerly known as the Transkei. My small town of Butterworth was an hour …
From the December 6, 2013 Edition
Grayson Sparkman of Pine Moutnain was up early Thanksgiving morning. He took this photo of restless Thanksgiving skies at 6:30 a.m. The storm clouds that brought the Mountain Communities a night full of rainfall blew …
From the December 6, 2013 Edition
Come to the United Way Roundtable Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 5:30 p.m., Frazier Park Library
By Patric Hedlund
Opinions are never in short supply in the Mountain Communities, but places to share your ideas and …
From the December 6, 2013 Edition
By Patric Hedlund
Lake of the Woods Mutual Water Company has been sent a funding agreement for a $250,000 emergency water supply grant. Water Operator Rafael Molina, Jr. said he believes there will be an …